Wrench



J. TRAUDT, Jr.

, WRENGH.

(No Model No. 555,716.- Ptented Mar. 3, 1896.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN TRAUDT, JR., OF MILWAUKEE, IVISCONSIN.

WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 555,716, dated March 3,1896.

Application filed November 4:, 1895. $erial No. 567,830. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN TRAUDT, Jr., a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWrenches; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its main object to provide a combined preferablyadjustable-jaw wrench and a spoke-nipple grip, the same being especiallydesigned as a convenient tool for the use of bicycle-riders and workmenemployed in the manufacture or repair of such vehicles.

The said invention therefore consists in certain peculiarities ofconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth withreference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation of one well-known formof adjustablejaw wrench combined with a spoke-nipple grip, and Fig. 2 ahorizontal section taken on line 2 2 of the preceding figure.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a shank of anysuitable dimensions, provided with a head extended in one direction toform a stationary jaw B, and sleeved on the shank is another jaw Ocarrying a loose worm-spindle D in mesh with a rack constituting part ofone edge of said shank, the assemblage of parts thus far describedconstituting one type of an adj ustable-jaw or monkey wrench.

The wrench-head is formed or otherwise provided at one extremity thereofwith a laterally-extending jaw E, and in hinge-joint connection withsaid wrench-head is an arm F also provided with a laterallyextending jawG, the latter being parallel to the jaw E aforesaid. The jaws E G arenormally held apart by means of a spiral spring H seated in recessesformed in the wrench-head and the arm F hinged thereto.

The adjustable-j aw sleeve of the wrench is provided with a cam-nose Ithat operates in one direction against an inclined edge portion of thehinged arm]? to cause compression of the spring H and an approach of thejaw G toward the one, E, on the wrench-head. The adjustable-jaw sleeveof the wrench is also provided with a lateral recessed projection orhook J designed for engagement of a spoke having its nipple grippedbetween the jaws E G above specified.

While I have shown one form of adjustable-j aw wrench combined with anipple-grip, the latter may be combined with any of the various forms ofsuch wrenches without departure from what I seek to cover as myinvention. It is also practical to combine the nipple grip with otherthan a sliding jaw wrench, and said nipple-grip being practically a viseit is capable of a multiplicity of uses.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wrench having its head provided with a lateral extensionconstituting a nipple-grip jaw, an arm hinged to the wrench-head andalso provided with a lateral extension constituting another nipple-gripjaw parallel to the one aforesaid, together with an arm-operating noseextended from a jaw-sleeve adjustable longitudinally of thewrench-shank.

2. A wrench having its head provided with a lateral extensionconstituting a nipple-grip jaw, an arm hinged to the wrench-head andalso provided with a lateral extension constituting another nipple-gripjaw parallel to the one aforesaid, an arm-operating nose extended from ajaw-sleeve adjustable on the wrench-shank, and a spoke-hook on thejawsleeve.

3. A wrench having its head provided with a lateral extensionconstituting a nipple-grip jaw, an arm hinged to the wrench-head andalso provided with a lateral extension constituting another nipple-gripjaw parallel to the one aforesaid, a spring intermediate of thewrench-head and hinged arm adjacent to said jaws, and an arm-operatingnose extended from a jaw-sleeve adjustable longitudinally of thewrench-shank.

-.l-. A wrench having a nipple-grip jaw, an have hereunto set my hand,at Milwaukee, in arm hinged to the wrench and provided with the countyof Milwaukee and State of \Visa nipple-grip jaw opposing the oneaforesaid, consin, in the presence of two witnesses. an arm-operatingdevice adjustable on the JOHN TRAUDT, J R. 5 wrench-shank, and aspoke-hook on the nip- \Vitnesses:

ple-grip side of the wrench. N. E. OLIPHANT,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I B. C. ROLOFF.

